El Sisi meets with Libyan leaders ahead of Thursday’s Egyptian-Libyan Higher Committee

El Sisi meets eastern Libyan officials Haftar, Saleh: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met with Libyan General Khalifa Haftar and the speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives Aguila Saleh in Cairo on Tuesday, according to an Ittihadiya statement. El Sisi reiterated Egypt’s support for Libyan efforts to hold presidential and parliamentary elections by the end of the year, and repeated calls for a stop to all foreign interference in the country. The meeting came two days before the Egyptian-Libyan Higher Committee meets for the first time since 2009.